incline bench neccesary?

[garbazio]

i dont incline bench at all, do i need to incline bench?

[chazzy1864]

No one needs to do any exercise.

However I feel that any chest workout should revolve around the incline bench and either flat bench, decline bench, or weighted dips (pick 1 of the 3).

Contrary to popular belief, the flat bench does not work your whole pec evenly, and will not build a great chest. It primarily targets the lower part of the pec. If you had to pick either incline, flat, or decline, I'd be inclined to choose incline (pun intended).

[skarotum]

I agree with the chazzmeister. Incline is the most important as it is often the weakest and least developed.

[Juggernaut33]

I always include an incline movement on chest days.

[dkemano42]

Inclines are good to work your upper pecs, flat just work lower. Include them in every time or every other time. The added bonus is incline works your shoulders a bit too.

DK

[GreenWave1]

i dont incline bench at all, do i need to incline bench?

What are you doing for upper pecs? I like high incline DB bench (see Charles Glass) to help fill in the area below the collar bones and complete the connection with my front delts. This was always a weak point for me until I started high incline DB bench.

[kj]

Inclines are very important for complete pec develpment. But don't get caught up in the "incline>flat" hype. People, at least on this forum, emphasize incline chest work so much, sometimes I think they'll forget the good ol' flat bench altogether.

[blkbelt42]

Inclines are good to work your upper pecs, flat just work lower. Include them in every time or every other time. The added bonus is incline works your shoulders a bit too.

DK

What?? Flat works the entire chest depending
on how and where you lower the bar.

[chazzy1864]

sometimes I think they'll forget the good ol' flat bench altogether.

I already have. I ditched flat long ago. I prefer declines.

[Defiant1]

i dont incline bench at all, do i need to incline bench?

Are you not satisfied with your upper pec development?

[Shrenko]

Don't do incline then post progress pics of your b*tch tits please.

[kidkidneys]

DB incline is definitely my favorite chest exercise, as it feels the most effective. in the running for favorite lift overall as well

[rocketman44]

I try to do all three (incline, flat, decline). If you insist on remaining on a flat bench, you could turn that into a neck press (lower the bar to your clavicle area rather than the nipple area) for a better upper chest stretch.

[bucsfan]

Incline is a very essential movement. Alot of people do not even do flat bench but would rather do incline at like a 15 degree angle.

[Al Swearengen]

i'm inclined to flat out decline comment's on this subject

[kidkidneys]

i'm inclined to flat out decline comment's on this subject

your dumb answers should be barred from this thread

[GreenWave1]

your dumb answers should be barred from this thread

[chazzy1864]

your dumb answers should be barred from this thread

I may be the minority (however I doubt I am) on this, but I think I'd rather have Al's posts over yours any day of the week.

[GreenWave1]

I may be the minority (however I doubt I am) on this, but I think I'd rather have Al's posts over yours any day of the week.

Agreed. We should probably cut the new guy a break. He'll figure it out.

[kidkidneys]

I may be the minority (however I doubt I am) on this, but I think I'd rather have Al's posts over yours any day of the week.

all the work carefully crafting that, and this is the appreciation I receive

hmm

[GreenWave1]

all the work carefully crafting that, and this is the appreciation I receive

hmm

[chazzy1864]

all the work carefully crafting that, and this is the appreciation I receive

hmm

If it were merely jokes to go along with the tons of win in this thread, I apologize. Lack of voice inflection makes sarcasm hard sometimes, and I haven't learned yours yet.

[AtomikStrongman]

I rarely flat bench anymore (it's just not a functional press), but I can tell you that for my training as a strongman, cg inclines are a necessity. I started using it as an accessory lift for my log, but it obviously helps my other event presses as well.

[kidkidneys]

If it were merely jokes to go along with the tons of win in this thread, I apologize. Lack of voice inflection makes sarcasm hard sometimes, and I haven't learned yours yet.

its entirely possible that I just reached TOO far in my attempt to respond in kind to a post that included incline/flat/decline while making grammatical sense

[smokinal]

I agree with the chazzmeister. Incline is the most important as it is often the weakest and least developed.

I always include an incline movement on chest days.

yup yup

[garbazio]

thanks brahs

[Al Swearengen]

your dumb answers should be barred from this thread

fock off troll boy

[kidkidneys]

fock off troll boy

oh sweet mercy just think about it for a second

and then pretend your IQ is 50 points lower and then think about it again

[chazzy1864]

oh sweet mercy just think about it for a second

and then pretend your IQ is 50 points lower and then think about it again

For those failing to grasp:

your dumb(bell) answers should be bar(bell)red from this thread


Yeah kidneys, I didn't pick up on it the first time either. A little too "between the lines" I guess.

[Al Swearengen]

oh sweet mercy just think about it for a second

and then pretend your IQ is 50 points lower and then think about it again

For those failing to grasp:

your dumb(bell) answers should be bar(bell)red from this thread


Yeah kidneys, I didn't pick up on it the first time either. A little two "between the lines" I guess.

i'm having a dumb day forgive me for my inclination towards subterfuge.